A crime has been committed, and there is evidence left at the scene from which D

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A crime has been committed, and there is evidence left at the scene from which DNA was isolated and subjected to a fingerprint analysis. There are three suspects in the case. The results of the DNA fingerprinting are shown below. Of the three suspects, which is/are excluded based on the DNA fingerprint data? What is the basis for your answer? For the remaining suspect(s), what factors would need to be considered in making a decision about the likely guilt or innocence of one or another of these suspects? (By "likely, " I don't mean separate evidence; I mean statistical likelihood.)

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on the basis of DNA fingerprinting results we can determine the criminal by matching the DNA prints of the suspect and the crime scene DNA. The basis of fingerprinting is VNTR , variable number tandem repeat. it is particular short tendom repeat with highly variable sequences.

in the above case suspect 1 and 2 are excluded. because their tendem repeat sequence is not identical with the result of crime scene DNA, so here suspect 2 is the criminal.

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